Machine for automatically folding goods in vats.



PATENTBD JAIL 6, 1903.

A S. G. TURNER. MACHINE FOR AUTOMATICALLY FOLDING GOQDS IN VATS.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 8, 1902.

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No. 717,950, PATENTBD JAN. 6, 1903..

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MACHINE FQR AUTDMATIGALLY FOLDING GOODS IN VATS.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 8, 1902. N0 MODEL.

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MACHINE FOR AUTOMATICALLY FOLDING GOODS IN VATS,

SPECIFICATION forming part of-Letters Patent No. 717,950, dated January6, 1903.

A ucaan filed May a. 1902.

To cte'Z whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL CHARLES TUR- NER, a resident of EastProvidence, in the county of Providence and State of Rhode Island,haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in MachinesforAutomatically Folding Goods in Vats; and Ido hereby deolare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of referencemarked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to automatic plaiting-machines for goods inprocess of bleaching, and has for its object to fold the fabric, whichis delivered to itin a rope form, in layers in a bin or heir tofacilitate the process of bleaching of the goods.

It is fully explained and illustrated in this specification and theannexed drawings.

Figure 1 represents aplan view of the machine. line 2 2, Fig. 1, showingthe machine in position on a keir and representing the fabric asdelivered in a rope form and being folded or plaited in the heir. Fig. 3represents a front elevation of the machine. Fig. 4 shows a perspectiveview of the plaiting-trough and the operating-cams. Fig. 5 is aperspective view of the traversing guide-eye by which the goods are ledback and forth across the machine. Fig. 6 is an enlarged sectionalelevation of the hub of the guide-eye which surrounds thetraversing-screw, showingthe dog which engages the thread. Fig. 7 is aperspective view of the dog.

In the constructionof the machine, A is the main frame, on which ismounted the longitudinally-movable carriage, of which B B are the sideframes, and in these side frames are the bearings for the traversefeed-screw O and the delivery reel or cylinder D. r

E is the reciprocating plaiting-trough hung on arms 6 e, (see Fig. 4,)which are pivoted on the reel-shaft d and extend out under the revolvingcams c c, fixed to the screw-shaft O and from which motion is received.The guide-eye F is also mounted on the revolving screw-shaft C andreceives its traverse motion back and forth across the frame by means ofthe dog f, which is loosely mounted in its hub (see Fig.6) and whichengages the thread of Fig. 2 is a sectional side elevation on Serial No.106,453. (No model.)

the screw. This dog f is inserted into the ceive it, and is held inplace by the screw 1). The guide-eye is kept in an upright position bythe guide-shaft g, which passes through the slot of thedownwardly-extending arm h.

G is the driving-shaft, on one end of which is-mounted the tight andloose driving-pulleys H H. lhe bevel-gear J is held to turn withandslide along the driving-shaft G and is supported by the bracket 2',which is attached to the movable frame B. This gear is for the purposeof transmitting motion from the main shaft through the gearK to thedelivery reel, on the shaft of which gear K is fixed. The reel in turntransmits motion to and gears 01 'n. A slow and intermittent motion istransmitted from the driving-shaft to the cross-shaft M through thewormj, gear is, and intermittent gears Z and m and gearp. On each end ofthe shaft M are the sprocketwheels N and O, which are connected throughthe sprocket-chains P P and sprocket-wheels W W on the opposite end ofthe machine to both ends -of the movable frames 13 B and transmit tothem an intermittent longitudinal motion along the main frame A. Thebevelgears R R mesh into the intermediate gear S and are mounted looselyon the shaft M.

t is a clutch which is keyed to slide on the shaft and engage witheither of the gears R R. A reverse motion of the carrying-frames isagainst the stop-collars r'r, fi xed onthe shipping-rod s, which throwsthe clutch t, by the knee-lever V, from one gear into the other.

The operation of the machineis as follows: The fabric T is firstthreaded through the guide-eye F and passed over the deliveryreel D,down through the plaiting-trough E. When the machine is started, theweight of the goods bearing on the revolving reel feeds itselfcontinuously intothe keir or bin, where it is plaited or laid in foldsby the reciprocating plaiting-trough E and at the same time is carriedby the traversing guide-eye F across the machine. After one layer hasbeen laid across the machine the intermittent motion moves the carriagelongitudinally along the width of the fold and another layer is plaitedin the keir as the traversing guide returns,

obtained by the reversing-lug to bringing up hub through .the slottedboss a, made to rethe screw-shaft 0 through the sprocket-chain 1 and soit is continued, folding back and forth as it feeds across the keir andmoving along longitudinally each time a row is laid until the end of thekeir is reached, when this feed is automatically reversed and thecarriage returns as it came, these motions continuing until the keir isfilled. The frame of the machine is mounted on rollers Z and issuspended on a track L above a row of keirs or bins T, so that when ithas filled one keir by its automatic mechanism just described themachine is moved along over the next keir, where the same process isrepeated, and so on until all of the keirs in the row are full.

Having thus described my improvement, What I claim as my invention, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. In a machine of the character described the combination of a mainframe, a longitu dinally-movable carriage and means for moving same, adelivery-reel for drawing in the goods, means for carrying the goodstransversely back and forth across as they are fed in the machine, meansfor giving the goods a folding motion, substantially as described.

2. In a machine of the character described, a main frame, a carriagearranged to move longitudinally along said frame, means for moving saidcarriage, means for delivering textile fabric in a rope form to thekeir, means for giving said fabric a folding motion in combination withmeans forsimultaneously feeding it transversely across the machine,substantially as described.

3. In a machine for feeding textile fabrics into a keir in a rope form,a frame, a longitudinally-movable carriage mounted on said frame, saidcarriage carrying on it a deliveryreel, a transversely-movable guide andan oscillating guide-trough for folding the goods, in combination withmeans for driving the same, substantially as described.

4. In a machine for feeding textile fabrics into a keir in a rope form,a frame, a longitudinally-movable carriage mounted on said frame, saidcarriage carrying on it adeliveryreel, a screw-shaft, atransversely-movable guide-eye mounted on said screw-shaft, and anoscillating guide-trough for folding the goods, in combination withmeans for feeding the goods continuously to the keir, and means forfeeding the carriage longitudinally, and intermittently back and forthautomatically along said frame, substantially as described.

5. In a machine for feeding textile fabric into a keir in a rope form, aframe, a longitudinally-movable carriage mounted on said frame, saidcarriage carrying on it a deliveryreel, a screw-shaft, atransversely-movable guide-eye mounted on said screw-shaft, and

an oscillating guide-trough for folding the goods, in combination with amain drivingshaft, gears for transmitting motion from said driving-shaftto an end shaft, sprocket-Wheels mounted on said end shaft which impartmotion to said carriage through a chain, a bevelgear mounted on saiddriving-shaft for imparting motion to mechanism mounted on saidcarriage, substantially as described.

6. In a machine for feeding textile fabrics into a keir in a rope form,a frame, a longitudinally-movable carriage mounted on said frame, saidcarriage carrying on it a deliveryreel, a screw-shaft, atransversely-movable guide-eye mounted on said screw-shaft,and anoscillating guide-trough for folding the goods, in combination withmeans for feeding the goods continuously to the keir, and means forfeeding the carriage along longitudinally a predetermined distance whenthe traverse feed has reached the side of the frame, means for reversingthe traverse feed, and means for reversing the longitudinal feed,substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 28th day of April,A. D. 1902.

S. CHARLES TURNER.

In presence of HOWARD E. BARLOW, M. L. HAZARD.

